Art and culture from Florence, Italy, focusing on exhibitions, museums, artisans and more.
The many lives of the woman who turned a family fortune into Italy's National Trust
An exhibition at Pistoia's Palazzo Buontalenti retraces the anti-modernist visionary's lengthy career.
Museums as people-powered places.
The delicate operation involved decoupling the artwork from the wall that has supported it for centuries.
In the new documentary "Saint in the city", discover the life and legacy of Florence's anti-fascist, diplomatic, multi-term mayor.
The French-born street artist reflects on vandalism, freedom, Florence, and why art can never be illegal.
To maintain the cultural heritage of artisans, The Sunny Artisan unearths Florence's hidden bottegas and shares them with the public.
Explore the abbey, arboretum, and historic resort town along the path of the old cogwheel railway, now revived as a scenic hiking trail.
New homes for a photographic legacy in Florence and Montecatini.
Behind the church San Pancrazio’s façade lies Leon Battista Alberti’s Tempietto, a marble vision of Jerusalem in Florence.
Honoring the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi on the 800th anniversary of his death.
Mark Rothko’s awesome spaces for “the sacred in the secular world”
Writer, wife, mother and grandmother to a dynasty, Lucrezia Tornabuoni’s influence is often overlooked.
The beginning of the year feels fixed and universal, yet, in Florence, the new year did not begin until March 25.
From Venetian street stalls to the Medici bedrooms in Florence, Professor Jill Burke reveals a surprisingly modern world of cosmetics.
The filmmaker and Egyptologist presents his documentary "Nefertari: The Great Queen of Ancient Egypt" at the Firenze Archeo Film festival.
Museo Sant’Orsola, the Calliope Arts Foundation and the Levett Collection / FAMM are promoting two artist residencies and production grants.
Palazzo Strozzi has unveiled its exhibition program for 2026, outlining a cultural agenda that aims to strengthen its role as a leading international institution while continuing to connect Florence with ...
A new international chapter for the nonprofit championing lost artistic legacies.
The impressive marble staircase can once more be taken.
The philanthropist continues her support for art conservation with the restoration of Tiberio Titi’s painting at Casa Buonarroti.
‘Placing Michelangelo’s Bust on his Tomb Monument in Santa Croce’ was restored thanks to a private sponsorship by “art angel” Donna Malin.
The centre opens with an exhibition by Alfredo Pirri, the internationally acclaimed Italian artist and former representative of Italy at the Venice Biennale.